jmn-ḥtp

Egyptian

Etymology

jmn (“Amun”) +‎ ḥtp(.w) (“is satisfied”), masculine third-person singular stative form of ḥtp (“to satisfy”), thus literally ‘Amun is satisfied’. The name is transcribed in the Amarna letters as 𒀀𒈠𒀭𒄩𒀜𒁉 (a-ma-an-ḫa-at-pe₂).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ʔamanˈħatpə/ → /ʔamənˈħatp/

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔamanˈħatpə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔamənˈħatp/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imɛn hɛtɛp/, /imɛn hotɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: amen-hetep, amen-hotep

Proper noun

 m

1. a male given name, Amenhotep
2. (Egyptian mythology) Amenhotep (son of Hapu), a deified scribe and architect

Derived terms

• pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ἀμενώθης (Amenṓthēs)